Dessert apple
Raised at Northland Cottage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire by A.P. Kitcat. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1930. Fruits have firm, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust collection (link to website)
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
44.00 mm 2
Width
57.00 mm 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Northland Seedling
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register